KBC bank pension fund revises allocation to reduce volatility

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BELGIUM - The e871m KBC Bank pension fund has reduced its exposure to equities and increased its weighting in fixed income and real estate in a bid to reduce volatility on the company balance sheet.

Edwin Meysmans, managing director of the company’s defined benefit scheme, told Global Pensions that a strategic 57% allocation to equities made three years ago had been reduced to 50% for the next...

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